6:12pm: McGowens’ two-way deal with the Blazers is official, according to the team (Twitter link).
2:22pm: The Trail Blazers are signing free agent wing Bryce McGowens to a two-way contract, agents Kyle McAlarney and Mark Bartelstein tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (Twitter link).
McGowens, 21, was the No. 40 overall pick of the 2022 draft after spending one college season at Nebraska. He spent his first two NBA seasons with the Hornets, who waived his non-guaranteed contract on Saturday to create more salary cap flexibility.
In 59 games with Charlotte in 2023/24, McGowens averaged 5.1 PPG, 1.7 RPG and 0.9 APG with a .439/.333/.776 shooting line in 14.9 MPG.
As our tracker shows, Portland currently only has one player — Justin Minaya — signed to a two-way contract. McGowens will fill the second of three total two-way spots.
If he stays on a two-way deal for the entire ’24/25 season, McGowens will earn a little under $579K. He will be eligible for restricted free agency in 2025, assuming he isn’t released before then.
W signing, happy he is out of that dumpster fire
From one to another
I mean Portland is definitely better than Charlotte as a franchise, not that it IS a great franchise because it is far from that lol
Right, except for the 21 year streak of playoff appearances during 80s, 90’s aughts; 2nd longest in league history and then the 8 years before the current rebuild which was the longest at the time.
He had the worst draft scouting video I ever saw in my life, where I was left constantly asking, “who would ever want to play with this dude.” Super talented, potentially, but doesn’t know how to really play, or be a teammate
Portland needs shooting from the wing spots…
It was nice of the Hornets to still let him display on their SL team in CA Classic. I found it odd he was playing since they let him go before it started.